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21. Two reasons: Have rid the neighborhood of a slum lord & am turning it into green space
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 01:01 PM
Dec 2012

When I first moved into this street 20 yrs ago it was all single family owners, peaceful. Then about ten years ago, FLIPPERS moved in for their kill, taking over about three houses, lucky me right next to me. After a couple or three years of their mayhem, they finally found their permanent buyers, two different slum lords who proceeded to scalp tenants, with the tenants themselves rotating every year or two, each set with their own set of special circumstances: Loud parties, or attempting to operate businesses in this Residential Zone, parking in front of everybody's spaces, car alarms going off 24 hrs/da, CB radio blaring into my bedroom window, and on and on.

So when the tenants next door moved this year, I pounced, then relocated the house to a nice young couple, and joined the lot to mine/homestead, and will fence it in and plant things. There's only one slum lord left in the neighborhood FOR NOW. One of the flippers still has a house on the other side of me and wants to sell it, no telling who to.

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18' x 22' x 3' = 1,188 cubic feet Ptah Dec 2012 #1
So it's about 1/4 of one container/load/trip. Any idea what concrete weighs? The price UTUSN Dec 2012 #5
When we went through that Turbineguy Dec 2012 #2
Yeah, this container is the smallest one UTUSN Dec 2012 #3
That slab of concrete probably isn't going to be broken up into small enough pieces to... Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #11
The 1/3 regards the larger bins. This smallest one can be filled to the top and this amount UTUSN Dec 2012 #12
That seems like an odd shaped container. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #4
I was going to tell UTUSN to recheck the size. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #9
Yep. That one shown is about as big as they come. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #10
The dimensions are what the City provided. n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #15
They charge by weight Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #6
This is my favorite thread so far today. What's wrong with me? Scuba Dec 2012 #7
Hey!1 It wasn't brains that got me to Vietnam!1 UTUSN Dec 2012 #8
i understood every one of her tweets. hopemountain Dec 2012 #13
Mine, too?!1 I posted about hers because mine are occasionally - O.K., OFTEN!1 - erratic!1 n/t UTUSN Dec 2012 #14
you crack me up UTUSN Kali Dec 2012 #20
Our community has an aggressive concrete recycling program. hunter Dec 2012 #16
Four loads. Minimum. jmowreader Dec 2012 #17
Whoa!1 You are correct, it's EIGHT (8), *not* EIGHTEEN(18) - a typo. Will correct it. Thanks! UTUSN Dec 2012 #18
wish we were closer Kali Dec 2012 #19
Two reasons: Have rid the neighborhood of a slum lord & am turning it into green space UTUSN Dec 2012 #21
ah! I approve of exchanging concrete for plants! Kali Dec 2012 #22
Don't look at volume here. Look at weight. jmowreader Dec 2012 #23
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